The executive producer of V has claimed that a third season of the show is still a possibility.

The most recent episode of the sci-fi drama attracted 5.77m viewers, considerably down on the 14.3m that watched the series premiere in late 2009 but only slightly below the 5.83m that watched the first season finale in May.

In a message on the show's official Facebook page, Steve Pearlman wrote: "Despite what you read online, the ratings for V have been OK and the show has a chance of being renewed for a third season."

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It was previously rumoured that V may not be renewed for a third season after ABC delayed its second run until midseason and cut the episode order from 13 to 10.

Series star Elizabeth Mitchell (Erica Evans) recently claimed that the second season finale does not seem like the end of the series.